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Monday, 24 March 2014

A Lilac Surprise

A colleague came to my office today holding these lilac flowers in her hand. She came to me, gave me the flowers and a hug, and said that it's been such a pleasure to work together! I was really moved, and very happy ... We have been colleagues the last 4½ years, and since last summer we have been working together on this project, that is about to end next week.Such a sweet gesture ... She is a pearl, and I have surely enjoyed having her as my companion ... I want to give her something special as well, that would remind her of the moments spend together, creating and implementing the project. The project has been a 6 week intervention with the 5th grades at the school, about "training the attention muscles", learning to relax, and thereby get in touch with one self - How am I doing / feeling at the moment. We have started with small, concrete ecxercises, focusing one's perception and attention to the body - relaxing and tightening muscles, focusing on breathing ... and bit by bit, towards being a bit more abstract ... to the feelings - How am I doing at the moment? Learning to accept one self is a step towards being able to accept the other person.That brings us to our second focus point: The class fellowship - being attentive towards others, developing empathy.How your class mate is doing today ... How is the atmosphere in our class today ... What can I do to bring about a positive change?We've done different ecxercises together ... It's been a pleasure to work together with the students and the teachers. Our goal has been from the very beginning, that teachers will gradually take over, and that is taking place.

13 comments:

Sounds like a great project for students. I've always enjoyed helping out at the schools whenever I could with my kids and some with the grandkids. I just loved seeing all the wonderful, innocent children so excited about life while they learn.

The lilac was a wonderful gift from your co worker, and a great choice for a gift...something you will have for a while to cherish.

I adore your photo of the lilacs, made all the more special by your story. As the mother of two grown sons, I am deeply appreciative of the efforts of fine educators like you who truly seek the best for children. Your project approaches the whole child, and I can see that your colleague has made your day - as you have made mine!

A very sweet gift from your colleague, Nina! Your project sounds wonderful - so many children miss out on a positive experience in school due to inattentiveness and not being self-aware, or empathetic to others. Thank you and your colleague on behalf of all parents for being so caring. xo Karen

Dearest Nina,Greetings from Oregon! I do thank you for sending me the most delightful tea box! I will be doing a post and linking up with sweet Stephanie tomorrow, so will keep my thanks yous for my blog post. I am sorry I didn't let you know your package arrived! I enjoyed reading about the school program and your focus on the postitve. I taught 1st and 2nd grade so many many years ago. My daughter teaches in a jr college and my other daughter works at a Montessori school ( she is on maternity leave now), so we appreciate teachers and teaching very much.I'm a follower now!Much love,Linda

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I believe that happiness is found in the little things. I like photography, baking & cooking, I relax with a book, crafts and sports. Besides family and friends, I appreciate the moments alone - reflecting on life and living, or just enjoying the present moment. I live in Scandinavia and blog about the events in everyday life.

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